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Ahh. Yes. If true then you're quite correct. This set isn't all that it could be. I'd be happy without the George Reeves stuff (no disrespect to the man) and the theatrical of SM: The Movie. My (completely redundant) wish list would be:-

The set has gone from 14-discs to 8 discs, and now won't even feature the Donner cut of #2... you'll have to buy that seperate. You get the 4-disc Superman, 2 disc Lester Superman 2, and one disc per 3 and 4.

From EXTRAORDINARY to disapointing... I had high hopes for this set.

There could be several varities of the box set offered at once. I can understand not wanting to do a 14 disc set as the SRP may be daunting to the average consumer.

The set has gone from 14-discs to 8 discs, and now won't even feature the Donner cut of #2... you'll have to buy that seperate. You get the 4-disc Superman, 2 disc Lester Superman 2, and one disc per 3 and 4.

How about that 3 hr Online Chat( The Home Theater Forum ) back in Feb. by Warner Bros. Home Video department - You can check out what they said regarding the Boxed Set.... So there you go, straight from the horse's mouth!

Director7 wrote: So what is this Donner Cut I keep hearing of? What's different about it?

Richard Donner was the director of "Superman: The Movie", he was going to film that and "Superman II" back to back. However, halfway through production of "II" there was a dispute (budget, plus Marlon Brando was suing for a percentage of the profits). So, Warner Brothers fired him halfway, and brought Richard Lester to direct the rest. This was done over the period of 2 years (hence the delay of the sequel, Christopher Reeve's and Margot Kidder's appearance, and Gene Hackman refused to return for reshoots). Also Jor-El (Marlon Brando) was supposed to be the hologram in the Fortress of Solitude, instead of Lara (Superman's mother). But since Brando was suing, they cut him out. The Donner Cut is basically putting back the unused Jor El footage and other for a more coherent and overalll better "Superman II".

From what Warner has said, every film will have it's own disc of special features. I'm not crazy about 3 and 4 but I'd like to see something along the lines of their Batman Anthology. Documentaries and featurettes that aren't afraid to admit that the films were c**p, and that further uncover WHY they were c**p.

So, does the studio just ignore, and c**p over Superman 3 & 4 since Brian Singer decided they were not in his movie continuity? Granted I do not like 4, and put up with 3, it seems there should be SOME type of add'l behind the scenes things we could see added to these flicks. I am just thinking, if they are going to add them, then they should be looked at too, as something more than a way to up the disk count on a special release.

This isn't a rumor, it's been confirmed by WB themselves numerous times. The extra discs will consist of bonus material, including all of the now public domain Max Fleischer Cartoons, newly remastered by WB.